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Michael F. Easley
Governor
State of North Carolina
Office of the Governor
Governor's Press Office
State Capitol, Raleigh, NC 27603-8001
(919) 733-5612 - Toll Free 1-800-662-7005
FAX (919) 733-5166
For Release: IMMEDIATE Contact: Kasey Bensinger
Date: May 12, 2003 Phone: 919/733-5612
**UPDATED – PLEASE NOTE CHANGE IN LAST PARAGRAPH**
GOV. EASLEY APPOINTS ONE AND REAPPOINTS TWO TO BOARD OF EDUCATION
RALEIGH – Gov. Mike Easley has appointed Robert Thomas Speed of Boone and reappointed Kathy Arnold Taft of Greenville and John A. Tate, III of Charlotte to the North Carolina State Board of Education. Speed, Taft and Tate now go before the General Assembly for confirmation. Former State Senator Howard Lee was recently appointed by Gov. Easley to fill the term of Phillip J. Kirk and elected Chairman of the State Board of Education.
“I am pleased to recommend Speed, Tate and Taft to serve on the State Board of Education,” Easley said. “They have all demonstrated a strong commitment to education through their work in their communities and I know they will serve our state with the same dedication.”
Speed is a criminal and civil case attorney in private practice, licensed in North Carolina since 1983. He is a member of the Yosef Club (Appalachian State University Athletic Boosters), the Fraternal Order of Police and the Winston-Salem Scottish Rite Bodies. Speed received his bachelor of science degree in business administration in 1973 and his master’s degree in economics and business in 1978 from Appalachian State University. He received his juris doctorate from Campbell University School of Law in 1982.
Tate is senior vice president at Wachovia Bank. He currently is on the Communities in Schools board of directors, Success by Six board of directors, UNC-Chapel Hill School of Social Work board of advisors, Chapel of Christ the King Weekday School board of directors and the Habitat for Humanity of Charlotte. Tate received his bachelor of arts degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1969 and his master’s degree in finance from Georgia State University.
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Michael F. Easley
Governor
State of North Carolina
Office of the Governor
Governor's Press Office
State Capitol, Raleigh, NC 27603-8001
(919) 733-5612 - Toll Free 1-800-662-7005
FAX (919) 733-5166
For Release: IMMEDIATE Contact: Kasey Bensinger
Date: May 12, 2003 Phone: 919/733-5612
**UPDATED – PLEASE NOTE CHANGE IN LAST PARAGRAPH**
GOV. EASLEY APPOINTS ONE AND REAPPOINTS TWO TO BOARD OF EDUCATION
RALEIGH – Gov. Mike Easley has appointed Robert Thomas Speed of Boone and reappointed Kathy Arnold Taft of Greenville and John A. Tate, III of Charlotte to the North Carolina State Board of Education. Speed, Taft and Tate now go before the General Assembly for confirmation. Former State Senator Howard Lee was recently appointed by Gov. Easley to fill the term of Phillip J. Kirk and elected Chairman of the State Board of Education.
“I am pleased to recommend Speed, Tate and Taft to serve on the State Board of Education,” Easley said. “They have all demonstrated a strong commitment to education through their work in their communities and I know they will serve our state with the same dedication.”
Speed is a criminal and civil case attorney in private practice, licensed in North Carolina since 1983. He is a member of the Yosef Club (Appalachian State University Athletic Boosters), the Fraternal Order of Police and the Winston-Salem Scottish Rite Bodies. Speed received his bachelor of science degree in business administration in 1973 and his master’s degree in economics and business in 1978 from Appalachian State University. He received his juris doctorate from Campbell University School of Law in 1982.
Tate is senior vice president at Wachovia Bank. He currently is on the Communities in Schools board of directors, Success by Six board of directors, UNC-Chapel Hill School of Social Work board of advisors, Chapel of Christ the King Weekday School board of directors and the Habitat for Humanity of Charlotte. Tate received his bachelor of arts degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1969 and his master’s degree in finance from Georgia State University.
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